What are the best vegetables to put in sandwiches?

There are so many good veggies for sandwiches beyond lettuce and tomato, I love onion, sliced green or red sweet peppers, jalapeño peppers, banana peppers, black olives, avocado, cucumber slices, baby spinach, cole slaw, and on some corned beef or pastrami sandwiches, sauerkraut, sometimes fresh parsley, cilantro, dill, or basil, and then of course there are specialty sandwiches such as Eggplant Parm that feature a big slice of breaded fried eggplant, yummmm. read more

Dark green leafy vegetables can be lightly steamed or used in healthy soups, chilies, casseroles and stir-fries or eaten raw in salads and on sandwiches. The leafy vegetables below are high in iron, potassium, calcium, magnesium, carotenoids and B, C, E and K. read more

Tomato, Kale, Mozzarella and Pesto Sandwich: You can use a country whole wheat bread for this sandwich, but what I really like to use is focaccia. Photo Two Tofu Sandwiches: A vegetable sandwich with or without kimchi. read more

There are a lot of vegetable sandwich options out there. Most involve roasted vegetables, and those are just fine for another occasion. For this sandwich, though, we're talking a salad on two slices of bread. It's so refreshing and satisfyingly crunchy. If you fear it won't be filling enough, add some cheese (a smear of cream cheese is good, too). read more